Russell Brand was ‘wild-eyed maniac’ when trying to drag woman into toilets, court told
Woman says she ‘wrenched’ herself free of assault that allegedly took place when she was working at MTV in 2001 Russell Brand transformed into a “wild-eyed maniac” when he tried to drag a woman into the men’s toilets for a sexual encounter before she “wrenched” herself free, a court has heard. The 51-year-old comedian is accused of indecently assaulting the woman who told Southwark crown court: “I emerged relatively unscathed. He didn’t manage to rape me.”
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